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White coat hypertension more commonly known as white coat syndrome is a phenomenon in which patients exhibit elevated blood pressure in a clinical setting but not in other settings. It is believed that this is due to the anxiety some people experience during a clinic visit.Daytime ambulatory blood pressure is used as a reference as it takes into account ordinary levels of daily stress.

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